Siriya Tirumadal 31 · verse 2703 of the four thousand
Meaning
there is no one at all who cares for me or asks after me. Like wax held over a flame, my very life melts and runs away as water. And as for these long eyes of mine,
Word by word
- ārāyvār illai
- there is no one to care for me
- aḻalvāy meḻuku pōl
- like wax in the fire
- nīrāy urukum
- melts into water
- eṉ āvi
- my life, my very self
- neṭuṅ kaṇkaḷ
- long eyes
Siriya Tirumadal 32 · verse 2704 of the four thousand
Meaning
they do not close in sleep, even when the whole town is asleep. All through the night I babble, over and over, only the names of the Highest One, the noblest of all. And besides that, think of this:
Word by word
- ūrār uṟaṅkilum
- even when the townsfolk sleep
- uṟaṅkā
- do not sleep
- uttamaṉ
- the Highest One, noblest of all
- pēr āyiṉavē
- only His names
- pitaṟṟuvaṉ
- I babble
Siriya Tirumadal 33 · verse 2705 of the four thousand
Meaning
those whose longing has grown as vast as the dark sea, which of them ever stops to weigh what is improper? Let that be. Look, she was no ordinary woman, the one whom people call Vasavadatta, with her banded breasts; and she too,
Word by word
- kār ār kaṭal pōlum
- like the dark sea
- kāmattar
- those full of longing
- pollāmai
- what is improper
- ārāṉum ātāṉum allaḷ
- she was not just anyone
- vācavatattai
- Vasavadatta, a princess of old story
Siriya Tirumadal 34 · verse 2706 of the four thousand
Meaning
leaving behind the whole great company of her friends, went down the great street after a man with broad garlanded shoulders and fettered feet. Was she not scorned by the townsfolk for it? And for me, here,
Word by word
- pēr āyam
- her great company of friends
- perun teruvē
- along the great street
- taḷaik kālaṉ
- a man with fettered feet
- ikaḻntiṭappaṭṭāḷē
- was she not scorned?
Siriya Tirumadal 35 · verse 2707 of the four thousand
Meaning
are there any masters who can teach me what to do? Until I see His dark and beautiful form, I shall go to glorious Thiruvenkatam, to Thirukkovalur, to Ooragam in walled Kachi, to Peragam, to Vellarai of Him who broke the firm marudu trees, to Vehka, to great Ali, to Thankal, Naraiyur and Thiruppuliyur, to Arangam ringed by gardens, to Kanamangai,
Word by word
- kaṟpippār nāyakarē
- are there masters to teach me?
- kāṇum aḷavum pōy
- going on until I see
- tiruvēṅkaṭamē
- Thiruvenkatam, Tirumala
- matiḷ kacci
- walled Kanchi
- marutu iṟuttāṉ
- He who broke the marudu trees
- pēr āli
- great Ali, Thiruvali
- araṅkam
- Srirangam
Siriya Tirumadal 36 · verse 2708 of the four thousand
Meaning
to Kannanur, the town of Kannan whose colour is a dark gem, to Vinnagaram, to glorious Kanapuram, to Cherai, to Thiruvazhundur, to Kudanthai under the clouds, to Kadigai, to Mallai by the sea, to Idavendhai ringed by lovely groves, to Neermalai, to glorious Maliruncholai, to Thirumogur,
Word by word
- kaṇṇaṉūr
- Kannan's town
- viṇṇakaram
- Vinnagaram, Thiruvinnagar
- kaṇapuram
- Thirukkannapuram
- kuṭantai
- Thirukkudanthai, Kumbakonam
- kaṭikai
- Thirukkadigai, Sholinghur
- kaṭalmallai
- Mallai by the sea, Mamallapuram
- iṭaventai
- Thiruvidanthai
- māliruñcōlai
- Thirumaliruncholai
Siriya Tirumadal 37 · verse 2709 of the four thousand
Meaning
to Vadari, and to northern Mathura, both praised by all the people of the world: to these and to every holy place where He dwells, one after another, I shall go in search of Him, until at last I see Him,
Word by word
- pārōr
- the people of the world
- pukaḻum
- that they praise
- vatari
- Vadari, Badari in the Himalaya
- vaṭamaturai
- northern Mathura
Siriya Tirumadal 38 · verse 2710 of the four thousand
Meaning
to every town that is His, leaving out not one. And Him, who snapped off the tusk of one elephant and freed another elephant from its captor, the glorious One, the red-eyed, tall One, who wears the honey-sweet tulasi garland, whose eyes are like the lotus, whose glories are past counting,
Word by word
- oḻiyāmē
- leaving none out
- kompu ocittu
- snapping off the tusk
- kōḷviṭutta
- freed from the captor's grip
- ceṅkaṇ neṭiyāṉai
- the red-eyed, tall One
- tēṉ tuḻāyt
- of honeyed tulasi
- eṇ aruñ cīr
- glories beyond counting
Siriya Tirumadal 39 · verse 2711 of the four thousand
Meaning
all of His thousand names I shall babble aloud, calling them out as I go; and along the great street of the town, in the full sight of everyone, no longer hiding my longing, I shall go on,
Word by word
- pēr
- names
- āyiramum
- all the thousand
- pitaṟṟi
- babbling
- perun teruvē
- along the great street
Siriya Tirumadal 40 · verse 2712 of the four thousand
Meaning
and even if all the townsfolk scorn me for it, I will not hold back. I shall ride the madal, the horse made of the long, banded stems of the flowering palmyra, and I will not give it up.
Word by word
- ūrār ikaḻilum
- even if the townsfolk scorn me
- ūrātu oḻiyēṉ
- I will not fail to ride
- vār ār
- long, banded
- pūm peṇṇai
- the flowering palmyra
- maṭal
- the madal, a palmyra-stem horse ridden by a spurned lover
Verse text: the word-separated e-text of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham by Project Madurai, checked verse by verse against its second edition. Meanings are simple renderings in the light of the acharyas' commentaries, written for this site, and are awaiting a scholar's review.